Caltech Humanities and Social Sciences News Releases

Shannon appointed Merkin Professor

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Christina Shannon, will join the faculty of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences as the Richard N. Merkin Professor of Economics and Mathematics effective January 2012.

Katz named Sugahara Professor

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

It is with pleasure that we announce that Jonathan N. Katz, Chair of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, has been named the Kay Sugahara Professor of Social Sciences and Statistics, effective January 1, 2012.

Michael Schoeppner, ACLS Postdoctoral Instructor in History. awarded the Kathryn T. Preyer Prize

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Named after the late Kathryn T. Preyer, a distinguished historian of the law of early America known for her generosity to young legal historians, the program of Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars is designed to help legal historians at the beginning of their careers.

Katrina Ligett - Auctions, Traffic, Selfishness, and Data Privacy—It All Comes Down to Math

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Katrina Ligett, new assistant professor of economics and computer science at Caltech.

Kota Saito - Pondering Decisions

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Kota Saito joins Caltech as an assistant professor and the newest faculty member of the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Kristine L. Haugen receives The Bodleian Library Research Grant

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Congratulations to Kristine Haugen for receiving the Bodleian Library Research Grant by the Renaissance Society of America. The grant will support research in Oxford for her book project, "'Intellectuals in Prison from Marco Polo to Nelson Mandela".

Jed Z. Buchwald elected a member of the American Philosophical Society

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Congratulations to Jed Buchwald, Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, on being elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, one of the oldest scholarly organizations in the United States.

J. Morgan Kousser, Professor of History and Social Science, has been awarded the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Congratulations to Morgan Kousser on being awarded the Richard P. Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching--Caltech's most prestigious teaching honor.

Erik Snowberg Appointed as Research Fellow at the NBER

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Congratulations to Erik Snowberg, Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science, for being appointed a Faculty Research Fellow in the Political Economy Group at the National Bureau of Economics (NBER).

Jonathan N. Katz Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Congratulations to Jonathan Katz, Professor of Social Sciences and Statistics; Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences on being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Click here for more.